CRITICAL QUESTION? Are you a zealot or heroin/hero when you blow the whistle on your company ? Whistle Blowing and Professional Responsibility Sissela Bok High stakes for Individual Reassignment, legal costs, downgrades at work, work with responsibility, constructive harassment, starting over

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED • Level of harm to public (imminent threat tied to accused)? • Level of loyalty to firm and other employees? • How will action be perceived (disgruntled worker, financial gain - book deal)? • How accurate is the information? • Am I acting out of religious or dogmatic positions? • Am I articulate enough to create a following? • Are the issues legitimately private?

WORK AND WORKERS • Union Workers • Pay for protections through wage concessions • Public Workers • Protected by law from political terminations • Private Employees/Due Process • A procedure including a hearing of facts, trial, grievance procedure, or appeal of a work related decision. • When cases involved just cause for termination or violation of public interests employees won 67% of cases

Support Property rights of employer to make a profit Both parties free to quit Taking a job implies termination at will Further government involvement will harm business Against Line between public and private worker is blurring Public has a right to have stable employment Due process is a moral imperative if organizations are allowed into a society ARGUMENTS

In Defense of the Contract at Will DoctrineRichard A. Epstein • FAIRNESS • Freedom to Contract is an aspect of personal liberty • It favors utility in that it allows for adjustments without litigation • DISTRIBUTION • Allows for the free exchange of labor. Only people strongly in favor are lawyers and interests groups who administer the new laws